Das Idol

Das Idol (1982)

Drama

Danny (Michael O'Keefe) ist erfolgreich in der Schule und vermeintlich glücklich in der Familie. Er trifft das Mädchen Rebecca, das ihn in die «Homeland»-Sekte einführt. Hier leben junge Menschen unter der Führung eines «Meisters» (Peter Fonda). Danny wird Opfer einer regelrechten Gehirnwäsche: Er übernimmt schließlich die Homeland-Ideologie. Seine Eltern haben mittlerweile einen auf diese Fälle spezialisierten Entführer (James Wood) angeheuert, der ihren Sohn aus den Klauen der verblendeten Fanatiker befreien und ihn wieder «umprogrammieren» soll. Es kommt zum dramatischen Kampf um Dannys Seelenheil…Regisseur Ted Kotcheff warnt vor den Machenschaften von Jugendsekten. Die eigentliche Stärke seines Films jedoch besteht darin, aufzuzeigen, welche Lebensumstände dazu führen, daß junge Menschen sich fragwürdigen Ideologien verschreiben.

Der Regisseur: Ted Kotcheff
Die Autor: Robert Mark Kamen, Robert Kaufman, Scott Spencer.

Casts

	Michael O'Keefe as Danny "Joshua" Stetson
	Karen Allen as Rebecca / Amy
	Peter Fonda as Kirklander
	James Woods as Charles Pratt
	Elizabeth Ashley as Diana Stetson
	Brian Dennehy as Kevin Stetson
	Ronnie Scribner as Sean Stetson
	Pamela Ludwig as Jane
	John Dukakis as Aaron
	Lee Montgomery as Walter
	Michael Sacks as Gabriel
	Deborah Rush as Judith
	Peter Horton as Jacob
	Ken Farmer as Collins
	Cliff Stephens as Hall
	Brian Henson as Jerry
	David Wallace as Gymnast
	Kenneth Barry as Big Wig
	Robert A. Cowan as Coach 1
	Herbert Kirkpatrick as Coach 2
	Chris McCarty as Sentry 1
	Lee Ritchey as Sentry 2
	Lynette Walden as Sexy Girl
	Robert Hibbard as Cop
	Scott Campbell as Barry Mills
	Melanie Strange as Debbie Cooper
	Dave Tanner as Guitar Player
	Tom Rayhall as Sargent
	Jeanne Evans as Newsboy's Mom
	Irma P. Hall as Maid
	Bill Engvall as Student
	Peter Hans Sprague as Person
	John Carroll as Homelander
	Haley McLane as Homelander
	Kelly Wimberly as Homelander
	Charles Assiff as Flower Child in Courtyard (uncredited)
	Tad Black as Boy in Cult (uncredited)
	James Healy Jr. as Homelander (uncredited)
	Julie Elizabeth Knell as Cult Member (uncredited)
	Michael Minton as Hippie (uncredited)
	Tom Romero as Cult Member (uncredited)
	David Sawyer as Man (uncredited)
	Mark-Brian Sonna as Cult Member (uncredited)
	Ben Stephenson as College Student (uncredited)

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